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Marijuana legalization is the hottest story in the US today. 22 states have authorized sales in some form. Denver has more legal marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks franchises. And like the early days of gourmet coffee chains, the rules and players are being established on the fly. Christian Hageseth is one face of the revolution -- an entrepreneur and father of three who worked in the white-collar professional world for 20 years before opening his first dispensary. The founder and chairman of Green Man Cannabis, the fastest-growing legalized marijuana company in the country, he's the perfect tour guide through the wild frontier, where police hardly know what laws to enforce, or parents what to tell their kids. He paints a colorful picture not only of how he got into the business, but of the big interests that are eager to do the same -- namely Philip Morris, Monsanto and a who's who of Big Pharma. He predicts a future where the marijuana market splits in two: the high-end, artisanal market, supplied by individual growers and small farms, and the mass market, covered by the cigarette giants and anyone bold enough to compete with them. Read more...
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Christian Hageseth, a veteran in the legal marijuana industry, currently resides in Denver, CO. "Big Weed: An Entrepreneur's High Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business" is Hageseth's first book.
Hageseth is an entrepreneur and father of three who worked in the white-collar world for 20 years before opening his first dispensary. He has worked in the marijuana industry full-time since July 2009 when he founded TGM Beneficial Care, LLC. He is currently the CEO of American Cannabis Partners (ACP) a marijuana consulting firm, and Founder and Chairman of the Board of Denver's Green Man Cannabis, LLC, four-time winner of the Cannabis Cup - the marijuana industry's highest award for product excellence. He is also the creator of Green Man Cannabis Ranch & Amphitheater, the world's first weedery, scheduled to open its doors in early 2016.
His experience as an entrepreneur - or "ganjapreneur" - in Colorado's legal marijuana industry, from his early days to winning his first Cannabis Cup to seeing his vision of creating the world's first weedery come to fruition, is chronicled in "Big Weed: An Entrepreneur's High Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business".
